This month's Creature Feature is a Hornworm. Hornworms are often considered to be damaging pests of tomato plants but since this one is feeding on a fast-growing Clerodendrum, I'll leave him be. As adults, Hornworms are known as Hawk moths or Sphinx moths.
The First Friday Creature Feature is a monthly event with a new creature every month. Check back next month to find out what other creatures are lurking in my garden!
5 comments:
My he is a juicy one.
Good photo.
Jim, I was somehow unaware of your monthly creature feature. I'd chime in, if I'd known. I'll try to remember from now on. I've had several "creatures" lately that I've posted about...creepy!
I like your hornworm. I didn't realize they're so pretty. The patterns on it's back are really cool!
These are really cool catepillars....I had a couple that I thought were going to attack me on my chitalpa tree last year so I left them on....I didn't want to pull them off...didn't have the heart to....but the bats did:)
This bug is very clever at camourflage. Hopefully, its predators can't find it.
What a great idea for a monthly post!
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